Ishikari Subprefecture

Ishikari Subprefecture 石狩振興局
Ishikari-shinkō-kyoku
Prefecture	Hokkaidō
Capital	Sapporo
Area
• Total	3,539.86 km2 (1,366.7 sq mi)
Population (March 2009)
• Total	2,310,001
• Density	652.6/km2 (1,690.1/sq mi)
Website	ishikari.pref.hokkaido.lg.jp

Ishikari Subprefecture (石狩振興局, Ishikari-shinkō-kyoku) is a subprefecture of Hokkaidō prefecture, Japan, located in the western part of the island. Its population in 2003 was 2,279,943.

There are 6 cities, three towns, and one village under its jurisdiction. The subprefectural capital is Sapporo, also the capital of Hokkaidō prefecture. Shikotsu-Toya National Park is located in the southern part, and in the north is Shokanbetsu-Teuri-Yagishiri Quasi-National Park.

Sapporo, a city in Ishikari, has two airports:

• Okadama Airport (Domestic)
• New Chitose Airport (International) (Located in the city of Chitose)

Geography

Ishikari Subprefecture

Cities

• Chitose
• Ebetsu
• Eniwa
• Ishikari
• Kitahiroshima
• Sapporo (capital of the prefecture and the subprefecture)

Towns and villages by district

• Ishikari District
  • Shinshinotsu
  • Tōbetsu

Mergers

See List of mergers in Hokkaidō Prefecture#Ishikari Subprefecture.

History

• 1897 Sapporo Subprefecture established
• 1922 Renamed Ishikari Subprefecture
• 1996 Hiroshima Town becomes Kitahiroshima City, dissolving Sapporo District

External links

• (Japanese) Official website

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